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jcharnet's avatar
Jan 18, 2024

SXR80- Guest Wifi - Access to Printer in Main Wifi

Hello everyone,

I have my main wifi configured in wireless1, and I also have the guest wifi set up. Is it possible to allow guest to access a specific device on the main wifi? For example a printer? I'd like to give guests the ability to print, is there any "magic" routing that we can do to make that happen?

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Joao.

3 Replies

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User

    Just for one device ... probably not, to my knowledge, Netgear does still not want to understand why we asked for allow adding granular firewall rules a looong time ago already. The convenience approach would be to enable mDNS allow spanning over multiple VLANs - inheriting more risks than typically intended, see for example here 

  • BrianL's avatar
    BrianL
    NETGEAR Moderator

    Hi jcharnet,,

     

    Were you able to check and setup mDNS in your ORBI router to make your printer available in your other VLAN?

     


    Kind regards,

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